Re: Erratum in Unicode book

From: Michael \(michka\) Kaplan (michka@trigeminal.com)
Date: Mon Jul 09 2001 - 15:26:25 EDT


From: "Richard Cook" <rscook@socrates.berkeley.edu>

> This must be the Beijing Zhong Yi Electronics font ... I heard that
> Microsoft was licensing it, but didn't imagine they'd release it so soon
...

The font vendor is listed as BDFX, and the copyright is for the Founder
Corporation. Further respondant sayeth naught.

> Can anyone here speak of whether Apple will be licensing it?

> Funny that Microsoft has it before Unicode, no? They have deeper
> pockets, and that matters?

Well, I am not sure they are one and the same, or that one is not an earlier
version of the other? Someone from Microsoft (or Founders) would have to
comment on that, but I suspect it is much less sinister than your suggestion
implies. :-)

MichKa

Michael Kaplan
Trigeminal Software, Inc.
http://www.trigeminal.com/



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